Mr. Drury's English Class

Plagiarism Policy Update: Alternate Assignment There has been numerous students who have plagiarized their work on the course's Independent Reading Projects. This has been evident for both English 4 and AP Language/Composition students. Academic Dishonesty is never acceptable. Cheating fails to provide experiences that lead to reflection and growth of the applied skills. Dishonesty and cheating can lead to being terminated from your job, losing scholarships, expulsion from a program or the entirety of a university or training school, or, in extreme cases, civil or criminal litigation. On these projects, academic dishonesty was demonstrated via copying and pasting work from a website and claiming it as one's own work. I have identified these people and informed them via comments on those assignments. My original policy has been to score the assignment a ZERO with no possibility of redoing the work or making it up; however, given the unique circumstances of this school year, I am

 Narrative Writing Activity Corrections and Resubmissions I hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving break! I have received numerous emails about the possibility of redoing the Narrative Writing Activity and decided to address that in detail here! Students, regardless of the grade you received, may make corrections/revisions and resubmit this assignment. The deadline is December 4th, before midnight. Please carefully read through the information and suggestions below: Rubric The assignment is worth 30 points total in the performance (summative) category. We will have more assignments in this category throughout the term; I hope to have at least 5-6 per term. Since this is our only one for this term so far, it will look scarier when graded due to this category being weighted at 80% of your term grade. As more assignments are added, this will balance out better. The main idea, for the district, is to make our grades reflect a student's ability to perform the skills we practic

 Newsletter for Week of Nov. 2 I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween! There are several important announcements regarding our course and things coming up this week! End of Term One The first term will on Thursday, November 5th. Any late or missing work must be turned in before this date! Once your term grade is calculated, it is permanent. My policy is that students cannot make up any work from a previous term. Keep this in mind as it may have a major impact on your overall grade. Quarantine Work Due to there being quite a few students in quarantine, all work and class materials will be posted on Google Classroom. Please read all directions, notes, and PowerPoints carefully. Even if you are in quarantine, the expectation is that you will work at the same pace as those in person. You are responsible for turning in work and keeping up with the pacing guide. If there are any questions over assignments, you may email me or text me on Remind. If you would like to meet via Zoom to discus

 Newsletter for Week of Oct. 12 Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful fall break and that everyone is ready to make our big transition back to in-person learning! Below are some important announcements for this week: All Classes Monday and Tuesday will be virtual. There will be no lessons or Zoom meetings. This time is set aside for you to catch up on any missing or late work from the previous weeks. Please make sure that you have completed all assignments up to now. You do not want to come back to in-person classes while trying to make up virtual work! We will be back in the building starting on Wednesday. Be sure to have your mask (and a spare just in case!) and, I cannot stress enough, try to be flexible and adaptive as possible. School will be different, but we can persevere and have an awesome time! I should have more information tomorrow about how things will look from Wednesday to Friday! English 4 If you are marked as in-person, you will continue class with me; however,

 Fall Break Travel Information Below is a release from the district regarding travel, especially out-of-state travel, during fall break: Scott County Schools will be on fall break on October 5-9, 2020.  There will be no virtual classes during this time.  We anticipate that some students and staff members will travel during fall break and wanted to address questions related to expectations for travel and self-quarantine recommended by government officials. In July, the Kentucky Department for Public Health issued a travel advisory with the recommendation of a 14-day self-quarantine for travelers who go to any state reporting a positive testing rate equal to or greater than 15% of COVID-19 testing.  An up-to-date listing of these states is posted at  www.kycovid19.com .  This list changes frequently but, at the time of this printing (9/28/20), the following states were included in the travel advisory: Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.  The Department of Public Health also

 Release about Masks for In-Person Classes Below is a release from the district reminding families about wearing masks when we transition back to in-person classes. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 We want to make families aware that students who return to the classroom on October 14 will be required to wear masks for the majority of the school day.  As previously communicated, schools will offer frequent breaks which allow students to remove their masks while socially distanced.  Students will be able to remove the mask while they eat or drink.  But, for most of the day, students and staff will be masked.  This includes the bus, the classroom, and moving throughout the building.  Kindergarten students in Scott County will be required to wear a mask, consistent with the expectation for students in grades 1-12.  This is a change from the guidance previously communicated.  After careful consideration, district leaders determined mask usage